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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

If you don't know how this works, click this link (fngt.gq). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down.

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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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Also wrote this little doodle last week https://youtu.be/mB_6eOcmRXc

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Cool

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Very early on, around the 25 to 35 second mark, you have the right tone to play Sultans of Swing. That's normally not an easy tone to get, so even if coincidental it was pretty unexpected. Neat.

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Damn just when and listened to both. Very solid stand in tone shit not i got to remember all settings and save it. I only get to play around on pc at late night

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LOL It legit matches the Sultans of Swing tone for a bit.

I cover that song with some regularity. It's in the archives at least a few times, as I'm pretty sure there's a live rendition and a 'studio' rendition.

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Hi all, I hope everyone here is doing as well as or better than me.

I just did this a few minutes ago, an original called Weekend Change (soundcloud.com).

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Lol nice

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Thanks. I recorded the bass for this (and some throw-away tracks) many years ago. I found it a few days ago and since I had some new pedals to try out, I finished it up. It's literally me playing with myself from 15 or 20 years ago.

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So, you went back to the future.

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Nice! A bit of a tried and true recipe for blues and rock, but it works.

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I soldered up a couple new stomp boxes this week, so I had to check 'em out. The guitar sounds in the song are a red llama-type overdrive and/or a FoxxTone-type octave fuzz.

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Back when I was younger, I made a few of my own stomp boxes. I was an EE student with a pure math minor before I switched for grad school as just an applied math major. So, while the knowledge was still fresh I had some fun. Somewhere in my stuff, I have my own fuzz box. I'll have to dig it out sometime.

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This asshole was in the news just last week and now he ain't heard from no more. Man, the news cycles fast.

Neil Young After the Gold Rush (voca.ro)

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LOL I love Neil's work. He's the father of Grunge, in my opinion.

Nice job on it!

It's also been a pretty active FNGT!

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Hey all and happy fngt! Here's a track I did a while back. Just me practicing/trying to improv on a simple beat. I recently managed to get a sweet deal on a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 so I'll hopefully be putting up some higher quality recordings in the future haha https://soundcloud.com/flyingasa/improv-beat?si=881a4fdd47024e40980777204ea70885&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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Ain't nothing wrong with that. Diligent practic is how one gets good.

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Most definitely!

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I am fond of saying stuff like, "Well, that guitar ain't gonna learn to play itself."

O am headed out shortly. I'll catch up tomorrow.

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Hey everybody! Here's a ditty I call cakewalk (soundcloud.com)

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Dude. I had some music software many years ago called Cakewalk, if my drug-addled brain remembers correctly.

Was this done on Cakewalk?

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Sounds like some good sub drops below 30

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i dig it haha

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'Snot your usual fare, which is interesting. Also, the background had some tones that reminded me of when you call the wrong number and the phone makes that series of notes before saying you have dialed a number that can't be reached...

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Yeah the melody lines were Jew harp and phone sounds

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That's why it sounded like a phone!

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Good amp choice.

I see a bass behind the curtain.

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Also thanks im trying learn it for best sounds

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Which specific model number is the amp?

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Just a squier p with snappes neck but does om lol still tunes not sure how though

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LOL Well, at least it's playable! Or at least tune-able!

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Glad poals back hope everyone played much guitar

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It's good to be back. We had the thread on talk.lol and it didn't even show up in /all or anything. So, there were almost no posts.

It was a quick thread - but we can say we had one, keeping the streak alive.

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Hello and welcome to another FNGT. We're back home on Poal and, well, I think it's time we stop calling ourselves guests. I mean, yeah... I've been here since day one, technically before day one - as memmory serves.

We did have a guitar thread last week. It was held on talk.lol and was pretty dead. It was tempting to skip it, but this way we can continue to say that we have held the thread continuously for however long we've been at this. We're what, in our forth year? Damn, that's a long time. It's an exceptionally long time for an online event.

I don't have anything new, but I do have something awesome. I don't think it has been shared all that much, at least not lately. So, turn the volume knob all the way off and then tear the knob off your speaker, 'cause it's time for:

Metallica - The Unforgiven (B 2; J B; TB 1 P) (share.fngt.gq)

We may have some new stuff shortly. We've lacked motivation to record - but that doesn't mean we've lacked motivation to learn and to practice. We've barely done anything for a while, with maybe just our Christmas track being the only new track released in quite some time. Hmm... Coincidental? I don't know, but it'd be since about the time COF passed. So, yeah... It's time for us to do something new and we will, just not today.

Rock on, Bears. Rock on!

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Was that you? If it was damn sure couldnt tell differences sounded great nice clean tones

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That's my wife, a bandmate that lives in my house, and I cover the lead and the percussion.

Thanks! Our goal is to sound as close as possible to the original. It ain't easy, but it's great when you nail it.

The wife is still fairly new to the guitar, but she diligently practices a couple of hours a day and has since she picked it up. She's had, if I may so so myself, some of the best teaching she could possibly get. I'm a classical guitarist by training.

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well kick ass job the the practice payed off sound exactly as metallica kick ass

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All I've felt, all I've known, you all rock!

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I should go back and do the vocal track for that song. I can belt that one out quite well.

Man... That's something I've been slacking on, I've done almost no vocal practice in months. Being down here makes me lazy. But, I've done no serious vocal practice for a while.

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Here is one more song my friend Chris and I jammed. Fish and Whistle (soundcloud.com)

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I looked and that's another song from the previous artist - John Prine.

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Cool. Thanks!

He was a good one!

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Sleep well, when you do sleep.

Don't forget to check the thread.

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Gonna watch the Super Bowl?

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My buddy Chris came over again this week and we jammed for a few hours. Here's caravan of fools (soundcloud.com)

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Huh... I don't think I've heard that one before.

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I forgot who he said did this one and I'm on my stupid phone so I'm not gonna try. It's enough of a challenge to this!

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Alas, I am also too lazy to look.